Sunday, February 24, 2013

Behind the next-gen Xbox leaks and police raid of hacker SuperDaE

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Earlier this week, Australian police raided the home of SuperDaE, a hacker and gaming enthusiast who notoriously tried to sell an Xbox Durango development kit on eBay last year. Speaking to Kotaku , SuperDaE (or Dylan, last name unknown) lists many other achievements: gaining access to Epic and Blizzard's systems, discovering plans for sequels to games like Homefront and Sleeping Dogs, and selling another Durango for $5,000 outside of eBay. But how much of his story stacks up? For every piece that seems inconsistent — or a weird flight of fancy — there's another that's confirmed as true: Epic, for example, sent a signed poster as thanks for pointing out security flaws that had given him access. The police and Microsoft may not be so...


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